Toy bank



Patented Aug, 3, 1926.

UNITED :STWilld isernia' earner onerosi iiARwooD orfrdor CHICAGO, rtnrnois.

TOY BANK.

Appneation inea october 7, 1925.

f ment of this ol'd fableto interest and amuse children and at thesame time encourage the lcoin saving'fhabit, by simulating the marvellous performance of the fabulous birdveacliftimefa coin is deposited therein;

In order that the invention, and its manner of operation and attractive qualities as a coin saving` device'l for childrenfmay be clearly understood," l have illustrated the same, in itsv preferred forni., inthe accompanying drawing, wherein@ Fig. 1 is aside elevation of--thebank-, part-ly broken out; to disclose theinterior mechanism Fig'. 2 is` a .detail in axiall section of the chute,4 showing also the cooperating stops which 'control vthe gravity movement of the eggs f therethrough, permitting one egg to be discharged at a time; and

Fig'. '3 Ia transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing. 5 designates the body of the bank which, in the embodiment illustrated, takes the form of the body of a goose; the same being hollow and externally painted or otherwise treated to simulate the feathers of the natural bird. 6 designates an upwardly and forwardly inclined extension continuous 'at its lower end with the upper front portion of the body 5, and externally treated to simulate the head and neck of a goose. The bottom of the body 5 is formed with an opening normally closed by a flat coverplate Z retained in place to close the opening by a lug 8 at one end and a lock 9 at the other,y the bolt 10 of which lock may be retracted by a key to remove the cover when the accumulated coins are to be removed.

Fitted within the body 5 between the front and rear walls of the latter is a down- Scrial" No. 60,941.

wardly and rearwardly inclined tube' 'or chute 11 having an open rear end 12 lofcal'ed directly beneath thetail feathers of the goose. Communicating withl the forward end portion of the chute 11 is a branch chute 13 that' entends upwardly through the neck 6 and.i at its open upper end3 comn'iunicates with the mouth -orfbill This latter is vpreferably equipped'with 1st. a pivcted lower jaw 15 which `is`normally closed, but may bereadily opened for the ii'ncertion offene of the eggs. The lowerj'aw lo ay be equipped with a counter-weight i6 enterin@` a slot in the gullet tube 13, so

that; after an has been deposit'ed in the mouth of the bird, the counterweight 16 causes the lower jawv 15 to close.

To one side of the chute 11 is pivoted at 17 a trip bar 18. rl`his bar is formed on the lowlr'side of thev pivot 17 with'upwardly and downwardly extending rectangular branches 19 and 20: respectively, the horizontal portions `of which overlie and underlie the chute 11 and are provided with stop pins 21 land 22 respectively that play through `holes in" the ytube 11. As `the trip bar 18 is rocked' on its pivot 1?, one of the stop pins21 and enters thetub'e andthe 'other is simultaneously withdrawn? On the other sideofthe'pivot 17 the trip bar'18 "is equipped with a counterweight 23, the efect of which is to normally maintain the stop bar in the position shown in Fig. 1, wherein the stop-pin'22 is operative, andthe stop pin i 21 is idle. The lower end of the'trip bar-18 is formed with an outwardly extending lateral ledge or shoulder 24;, which underlies the llower open end of a laterally inclined coin chute 25, the upper end of said chute opening through the top of the body 5.

26 designates each of a number lof marbles, of a size to roll freely through the chutes 13 and 11. lll/'here the design of the bank simulates the body of a goose, as shown, these round objects" or marbles are preferably gilded to simulate the golden eggs which the bird lays.

In the use of the banle a number of the eggsare inserted through the beak or bill 14:, and rolled down the chutes 13 and 11, coming to rest against the lower stop pin 22, as indicated in Fig. 1. When thel child deposits a coin in the chute 25, as the coin leaves the lower end of the chute it strikes the ledge 24- and glances off the latter coming to rest in the lower portion of the body.

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The blow of the coin on the ledge 24 rocks the trip bar 18, carrying the stop pin 22 out of the chute 1l and the stop pin 21 into the latter. This releases the lowermost egg which falls out from beneath the tail feathers of the bird. stop pin 2l arrests the remaining eggs in the chute. The return of the trip bar to normal position under the effect of the counterweight 23 returns the stop pin 22 in time to arrest the next foremost egg, and simultaneously retracts the stop pin 2l. In this way, only one egg' is freed and discharged with the deposit of one coin. After all of the eggs have been discharged, they may, of course, be replaced through the mouth. y From the foregoing it `will be seen that the device of my invention is designed to stimulate a coin saving inclination and habit among small children by providing, in addition to the usual lock-controlled coin receptacle, a simulation of a natural object from the animal world, and of one of the natural functions or performances thereof. 0r, to state it simply, the child will readily part with its penny,- nickel or dime, to see the goose lay a golden egg. Since, as s well known, the accumulated contents of toy banks of this character in the great majority of cases find their way into savings bank institutions, the present invention is manifestly of ultimate practical value and utility to the latter.

I have herein shown and described one particular natural object (a goose) as embodying the form and design features of the present invention, but manifestly, so far as its functional utility and attractive and appealing features are concerned, it may embody in its form and designother natural objects of the same general type or genus.

Also, while I have shown and described the invention as embodied in a toysavings During this, the reark bank, wherein the trip mechanism is actuated by coins deposited therein, it is manifest that the invention, in an enlarged form, may be used as a window display advertising device for banks and other institutions, in which case the trip mechanism that releases the eggs will' be periodically actuated by concealed clock work or other means.

I claiinl. A toy savings bank having the form ofthe body, neck and headof a bird, the body being hollow and constituting a coin receptacle, an inclined chute in'said body, a branch chute in the neck opening at its upper end through the head and communieating at its louer end with said inclined chute, one or more objects simulating an egg adapted to roh through said chutes, trip Tmechanism on said inclined chute permitting the 'discharge of said objects one at a time, and acoin deposit chute in said body adapted to direct a coin onto said trip mech- 4anism to actuate the latter.

through thel head and ycommunicating at itslower` end with said inclined chute, one or more objects simulating an egg adapted to roll through said chutes, trip mechanism including a counterweighted trip bar mounted on said chute for controlling the successive discharges of said objects, and a coin deposit chute in said body opening at its upper end through the top of the latter Hanwoon orro.v 

